When Ted Green stepped onto the ice with the St. Boniface Canadiens in 1956-57, he was the property of the Montreal Canadiens. Three seasons later, he won the Memorial Cup with the Winnipeg Braves before the Boston Bruins secured his rights in the inter-league waiver draft of 1960.

In Green, the Bruins got a solid enforcer who provided the club with crease-clearing spine and leadership during the lean years of the early sixties. He put in eight seasons in Boston, watching the team accumulate an increasing number of Stanley Cup pieces when he suffered one of the more serious injuries in NHL history. Green's skull was fractured as the result of a stick-swinging duel with Wayne Maki of the St. Louis Blues during a pre-season match in 1969. Green was left paralyzed and close to death with no expectations of ever resuming his career on ice. But a year of convalescence and conditioning brought on an impressive recovery. With a metal plate in his head, Green returned to the Bruins line-up to finally savor a Stanley Cup victory in 1972, having missed the first win in 1970.

In 1972, Green became one of the high-profile NHLers who jumped to the WHA, in his case, with the New England Whalers. The team won the league's first Avco Cup in 1973. After two more seasons with the Whalers, Green closed out his career with the Winnipeg Jets where he enjoyed two more Avco Cup victories.

In 1979-80, Green stepped behind the bench to lead the Carman Hornets to a Manitoba intermediate championship. He then joined the Edmonton Oilers staff as an assistant, savouring five Stanley Cup victories. He tried his hand as the Oilers head coach from 1991-93 before stepping back to continue assisting with the organization. He later moved with Glen Sather to the Rangers, also as an assistant.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1956-57

St. Boniface Canadiens

MJHL

17

1

2

3

76

7

0

0

0

10

1957-58

St. Boniface Canadiens

MJHL

23

1

4

5

97

12

1

1

2

32

1957-58

St. Boniface Canadiens

M-Cup

11

2

3

5

38

1958-59

St. Boniface Canadiens

MJHL

25

5

11

16

120

9

1

5

6

32

1958-59

Winnipeg Warriors

WHL

1

0

0

0

4

1958-59

Winnipeg Braves

M-Cup

16

2

6

8

50

1959-60

Winnipeg Warriors

WHL

70

8

20

28

109

1960-61

Boston Bruins

NHL

1

0

0

0

2

1960-61

Kingston Frontenacs

EPHL

11

1

5

6

30

5

1

0

1

2

1960-61

Winnipeg Warriors

WHL

57

1

18

19

127

1961-62

Boston Bruins

NHL

66

3

8

11

116

1962-63

Boston Bruins

NHL

70

1

11

12

117

1963-64

Boston Bruins

NHL

70

4

10

14

145

1964-65

Boston Bruins

NHL

70

8

27

35

156

1965-66

Boston Bruins

NHL

27

5

13

18

113

1966-67

Boston Bruins

NHL

47

6

10

16

67

1967-68

Boston Bruins

NHL

72

7

36

43

133

+14

4

1

1

2

11

1968-69

Boston Bruins

NHL

65

8

38

46

99

+9

10

2

7

9

18

1969-70

Boston Bruins

NHLMGNT

1970-71

Boston Bruins

NHL

78

5

37

42

60

+37

7

1

0

1

25

1971-72

Boston Bruins

NHL

54

1

16

17

21

+10

10

0

0

0

0

1972-73

New England Whalers

WHA

78

16

30

46

47

12

1

5

6

25

1973-74

New England Whalers

WHA

75

7

26

33

42

7

0

4

4

2

1974-75

New England Whalers

WHA

57

6

14

20

29

3

0

0

0

2

1975-76

Winnipeg Jets

WHA

79

5

23

28

73

11

0

2

2

16

1976-77

Winnipeg Jets

WHA

70

4

21

25

45

20

1

3

4

12

1977-78

Winnipeg Jets

WHA

73

4

22

26

52

8

0

2

2

2

1978-79

Winnipeg Jets

WHA

20

0

2

2

16

NHL Totals

620

48

206

254

1029

31

4

8

12

54

NHL Second All-Star Team (1969)
Played in NHL All-Star Game (1965, 1969)

Loaned to Winnipeg Braves by St. Boniface for Memorial Cup playoffs, April, 1959. Claimed by Montreal from Winnipeg (WHL) in Inter-League Draft, June 7, 1960. Claimed by Boston from Montreal in Intra-League Draft, June 8, 1960. Missed entire 1969-70 due to concussion suffered in exhibition game vs. St. Louis, September 21, 1969. Selected by Winnipeg (WHA) in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, February 12, 1972. Rights traded to New England (WHA) by Winnipeg (WHA) for cash, May, 1972. Traded to Winnipeg (WHA) by New England (WHA) for future considerations, May, 1975.